Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 112 Bottleneck
"Tick..."

Raindrops kept sliding down the corners of the pavilion's eaves, as if expressing their true feelings to the cliff overlooking the sea.

Niu Dali curled his lips, obviously not believing Chen Mu's excuse, but he did not ask any further questions. Instead, he shook his head, sighed lightly, and walked out of the pavilion.

"gone!"

Chen Mu also followed and walked with him for a few steps.

He stared intently at Niu Dali's back, which was shaking his head and striding away. In the end, he couldn't help but shook his head and laughed.

After a moment, he turned back to Tinghai Pavilion, sat cross-legged, took out the elixir, and entered the state of ascetic cultivation that had just been interrupted by Niu Dali...

Half a year later, on the cliff of crossing the sea.

Chen Mu pushed open the door of the pavilion, reached out to take the sound transmission jade slip in the air, and used his magic power to listen.

"Junior Brother Chen, thanks to the elixir you gave me, I broke through to the tenth level of Qi Condensation yesterday... I know you're also cultivating diligently, so I didn't come up the cliff to disturb you. I've sent you a special message to share this joy with you..."

Han Jing's voice, as gentle as the evening breeze, leisurely surrounded his ears, just like the feeling of the two of them sitting on the viewing platform a year ago, chatting slowly.

"The tenth level of Qi Condensation..." Chen Mu pursed his lips and smiled, raised the jade slip, engraved a few words of congratulations on it, and then used his magic power to throw it into the air.

"I have to work harder. I've been making pills constantly this year, and I can already vaguely sense where I'm breaking through the bottleneck..."

After pondering in his heart, he turned around and went back to the pavilion.

But before an hour had passed, Chen Mu, who was immersed in cultivation, suddenly frowned, sensing that someone had stepped onto the top of the cliff and was slowly walking towards Tinghai Pavilion.

"Could it be that Senior Sister Han didn't receive the jade slip, or did she come here to tell me?"

He immediately stood up, pushed the door open, and after seeing who it was, he said in surprise, "Junior Brother Zou?"

"Senior Brother Chen." Zou Yongyi, who had changed into a white shirt, bowed respectfully.

After Chen Mu saw the white shirt and sensed Zou Yongyi's current state of mind, he smiled suddenly.

However, Zou Yongyi stuck to the deadline given by his master and successfully broke through to the fourth level, entering the ranks of Tianhu Peak.

This trip is to follow Ye Ning's previous approach and tell Chen Mu about it.

"Among the entire sect, only these few people are close to me..."

Chen Mu laughed, chatted with Zou Yongyi for a few words, gave him some pills that he no longer needed, and sent him down the cliff.

He turned around and continued to explore the endless path of cultivation...

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The sky changes with light and clouds, spring goes and autumn comes.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.

In Tinghai Pavilion, Chen Mu sat cross-legged on the side, his chest heaving.

If you look closely, you can see that his hair, which was once very neat, is now a little messy, sweat is dripping down his angular face, and his eyes are tightly closed.

It looks like he has encountered something difficult.

After a long time, Chen Mu's body suddenly softened and his energy and spirit suddenly weakened.

"It's still a little short..." He slowly opened his eyes, frowned slightly, and then muttered to himself.

"I originally thought that if all the mana in my body were transformed into spiritual fluid, perhaps the bottlenecks faced by others would not be imposed on me... It seems that I was overthinking it."

Every ninth-level cultivator will encounter an invisible obstacle when entering the tenth level. They need to circulate their own magic power and consume it bit by bit before they can successfully break through. In this process, the cultivator's magic power will become more refined and condensed through constant training.

Therefore, cultivators who have entered the tenth level often have much greater combat power than cultivators who have entered the ninth level. This is actually because of the purity of their magic power.

"Having obstacles is not without benefits. If we can overcome this bottleneck, the mana that was originally spiritual liquid will become more refined."

Thinking of this, Chen Mu pursed his lips slightly and stood up.

"These last few obstacles will require some external help. Otherwise, it will take me nearly half a year to overcome them on my own. It's not worth it..."

After a while, he packed up. He no longer had the leisure to stroll and enjoy the scenery, so he directly controlled the wind-patterned cloud banner and soared into the sky, flying rapidly in a certain direction.

After a stick of incense, Chen Mu slowly descended and landed on a pattern on the ground that was constantly spewing flames.

After looking around, he reached out his hand to summon the guard on duty at Danhen Land and asked, "Is Master Wei Dan here today?"

"Yes, yes." The errand disciple nodded and led Chen Mu inside.

After a moment, Chen Mu waved his hand to dismiss the servants and strode into Wei Xingyou's alchemy cave.

The first thing he saw after entering was Wei Xingyou next to the alchemy furnace, who was using his magic power to control the earth fire.

His originally elegant temperament was completely gone, and his clothes on the back were soaked with sweat, making him look very tired.

On the other hand, the young medicine boy named Ting'er was quite relaxed, sitting aside with his eyes closed to rest.

When Wei Xingyou heard Chen Mu's footsteps, he seemed to have expected it. Without turning, he said loudly, "Junior Brother Zhou, why are you here so early?"

"Junior Brother Zhou?" Chen Mu's heart moved, but he didn't think much about it. He coughed lightly and revealed who he was.

"Uncle Master Chen!" Ting'er heard his master's words, opened his eyes and saw Chen Mu, and spoke in surprise.

While the spiritual materials in the furnace were condensing into pills, Wei Xingyou turned around and glanced, smiling and said, "It's Brother Chen. Wait a moment, we can talk about old times after this furnace is finished..."

Chen Mu nodded when he heard that, found a stone bench nearby, sat down without hesitation and waited.

Half a minute later, as Wei Xingyou slapped the alchemy furnace, several pills shot up into the sky and flew into the jade bottle he had already placed.

After handing the jade bottle to Ting'er, he turned around and said, "Junior Brother Chen, how come you have time to come here today?"

Chen Mu chuckled and replied, "I came to see how Senior Brother Wei is doing recently. After all, I haven't seen him for a long time."

Wei Xingyou's eyebrows suddenly jumped when he heard this. He felt that Chen Mu's words were full of hidden meanings, which made him extremely uncomfortable. So he didn't bother to wipe the sweat off his face and said sarcastically, "It's been a long time since we last met. Even Junior Brother Chen is being so polite."

Chen Mu was startled, and he heard the sarcasm in his words, so he stopped trying to hide it and said frankly, "You must make me say something unpleasant... What else could I want from you? I just want to ask for some pills!"

"Hey, how is this unpleasant to hear? For me, if you come here, I can earn some spirit stones. I can't wait for you to come here every day." Wei Xingyou then relaxed his brows and waved his hand.

"However, Junior Brother Chen hasn't taken care of my business for several years. What kind of elixir are you here for today?"

Chen Mu's face straightened, and he said in a serious tone, "I've hit a bottleneck in my cultivation recently, and I'm thinking of buying some barrier-breaking pills of varying effectiveness..."

(End of this chapter)